After losing over $1 billion in Sandy Hook defamation judgments, Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy in 2022 and has successfully avoided paying the families a single dollar through years of legal maneuvering and asset-hiding. The Onion is now poised to take over Infowars' website and studio in a deal awaiting judge approval, potentially ending Jones' control of the platform he's used to fundraise and spread conspiracy theories. The article documents how Jones exploited the bankruptcy process—repeatedly claiming imminent shutdown to solicit donations while actually using courts to delay asset liquidation, and how some victims' families faced a brutal choice between shutting down the money-losing company or letting it stay operational to generate value for judgments that may never arrive.